Poll: Plurality of Americans do not like Sarah Palin

By Stephen C. Webster
Monday, November 16th, 2009 -- 8:08 pm
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palinturtle Poll: Plurality of Americans do not like Sarah PalinLooks like the voters are going rogue.

According to new CBS News figures [PDF link], 38 percent of Americans have an unfavorable view of Sarah Palin. Meanwhile, 37 percent are not paying attention, saying they do not know enough to form an opinion.

Just 23 percent of those surveyed think highly of the former Alaska governor. Among Republicans, her favorability rating is even more surprising: only 52 percent. Among Democrats, that figure is predictably anemic, with only four percent giving her high marks.

The survey revealed that Palin's greatest support seems to come from white evangelical Christians, who would support a Palin 2012 presidential bid by a slim majority, 48-42 percent.

Overall, two out of three people surveyed said they do not want her to run for the presidency during the next election. Even a majority of Republicans -- 44-48 percent -- do not want a Palin candidacy in 2012.

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"Overall, 26 percent of Americans say she could be effective in the job," CBS reported.

Sarah Palin's book, "Going Rogue," goes on sale Tuesday.

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40 Responses to “Poll: Plurality of Americans do not like Sarah Palin”

  1. kittenfart

    well no shit?


  2. peterlawrence

    what was her book again? Going Rouge? Going Vogue? Going on the Rag? I wish she would crawl under her stupid-rock where she was hit in the first place.


  3. iwrote

    Why is this twat's name on my computer screen every single day? Are bored housewives really that bored?


  4. though i can't stand the woman, “going on the rag” comment of yours was a little TOO sexist, thank you very much. She may be an idiot, but it's not because she gets her period.


  5. sanchosdad

    let the truth be known. she is a moron. she refuses to learn, the mccain people tried to get her to study the issues with coaches and to be prepared for honest relevant questions from the press. she dug her heels in and balked. she refused to even try to learn since it was not her idea in the first place.

    after all she is a beauty queen. and a republican. what does SHE need to know about the issues?

    thank you, Wifecheater Maccrashfiveplanes for showing us how the republican mind really works at the highest level. which of course is not at all.


  6. Fred

    The liberal media slams her and slams her and then they go out and do a survey to see how effective their anti-Palin campaign has been. Interesting!


  7. Kristin

    Thank you. I second you. That gotr was vulgar. I too am very, very critical of her as presidential timber. However, she deserves respect as a person.

    +


  8. philbrittain

    Fred,

    Pssst! There is no Liberal Media. Pass it on.


  9. roland99

    1/4 of Americans are batshit insane freaks.


  10. Mooftown

    2 out of 3 isn't enough, should be 999 out of 1000


  11. kittenfart

    i think it should be 1236 out of 1237.


  12. dennycrane

    Shh! Keep this a secret.


  13. jdouglas

    I think we all need to stop clicking on these articles that have the word “Palin” in them.


  14. OldAtlantic

    How about Peter Brimelow, he has a British father, the “same” as Obama? How about Steve Sailer? He is even a natural born American, now a novelty in this land.


  15. Enzo

    Palin is a disaster. If the Republicans pick her as a candidate, they will lose bigtime. Even people that don't like Obama will not vote for her.


  16. Not surprising, her numbers seem to echo the GOP religious base and for Democrats her numbers are where they should be, near ZERO…


  17. philedrifter

    she deserves respect as a person.

    Why?

    “going on the rag” comment of yours was a little TOO sexist

    That gotr was vulgar.

    That's your problem, not Peter's.

    When someone, anyone is 'offended' by something, it's their problem, not the fault of the person who 'offended' them.

    It's not Peter's fault you have delusions. It's yours.


  18. philedrifter

    Because Palin doesn't know how to stfu.


  19. ninjakiller

    It's not their fault they're offended by the “on the rag” comment. They're on the rag and are being hypercritical.


  20. CoyoteMan

    Not if you believe Mainstream Media.
    They are pushing down everyone's throats as the Republican presidential candidate on 2010.
    I predict she will come close to getting that job!


  21. Isn't the title “Gouging Rove”?
    :D


  22. Interesting? That's simply professional! Liberals learned that from Karl Rove.
    :P


  23. But, but , I like Michael Palin! And isn't Sarah just his even more nutty sister?


  24. Independentgal

    ROFL!!! I “liked” this.


  25. Independentgal

    Isn't that figure interesting? That's roughly the same amount as Bush supporters.


  26. felixthecatxxxx

    I cannot let this question pass unchalleneged: Palin deserves respect as a person because she….ummm…because when she….ermmm….never mind.


  27. jeffery1949

    If they are can I get their phone numbers? Just asking.


  28. davidrvelasquez

    Should be 'Going Vague'.


  29. rickpetes

    Because it's like watching a train wreck – you just can't look away…


  30. dennycrane

    Define “person”. A corporation can be a “person” under a law that was never checked. A corporation that “sells” itself as a bad product has “no” value” to the common people. It then can be “red” tagged and discounted. There, is that less offending.


  31. moorlock2003

    Palin seems to have an utter disregard for respecting others, so why should anyone return the courtesy? I know her type. She is a bully, a narcissist, a very deceitful, manipulative woman. Bad news.


  32. Kristin

    I did not mean “respect” in the sense of esteem, but rather courtesy,
    civility. In my opinion, the phrase was a gratuitous ad hominem remark. I do
    not believe in acting uncivilly to or about someone just because the person
    is acting that way. That behavior would just reflect back on me as a person
    rather than “proving” anything about the other person. Kristin


  33. thepoliticalcat

    Her personhood entitles her to nothing. There are 6.x billion just like her, most, actually, better. Her personhood is a simple biological fact. Respect is earned through one's deeds, not the accident of birth. She might as well have been born a mosquito for all the good *she's* done so far.


  34. JDouglas

    Published: October 04, 2009 08:42 pm

    Americans not buying ‘tooth fairy magic’

    To the Editor:
    Cumberland Times-News
    In the Sept. 25 editorial by Craig Etchison, titled “Deal with facts, not propaganda,” it is Mr. Etchison who is doling out propaganda. Experts on propaganda, from Goebbels to Lenin, say to spew unrelated facts that don’t prove your point, state that the point is made and move on to other propaganda points. This requirement is met in the aforementioned editorial.

    If related points to the “facts” are made I’ll refute them in a future response. But let’s look at some of the statements made by the writer. “Let’s not confuse facts with Fox News propaganda.” The writer’s opinion that Fox News reports are propaganda is without merit. Fox News is a response to the quantified reality that “Mainstream Media” (ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, NPR, as well as national newspapers such as the N.Y. Times and Washington Post), have been proven biased countless times in a multitude of research. Perhaps, the writer is confusing commentators with reporters. The difference at Fox is that the commentators are upfront. Our liberal media pretend they are journalists while slanting their reporting to support their radical leftist views.

    “The American health care system is broken.” Our system is far from perfect, but it is the superior health system in the world. People needing unique care often come to the U.S. to utilize this superior care. While people in Europe and Canada wait for priority treatments and die before being treated, people in the U.S. are treated relatively quickly. Over 80 percent of Americans like the coverage they have and they aren’t going to sit by idly as we ruin our health care system. Of course, Obama didn’t actually produce a plan, he let radical San Francisco Leftist Nancy Pelosi write the bill.

    “ … No mention of … free health care for illegal immigrants.” This is an outright lie by Obama. He has clearly linked “legalizing” illegal immigrants into having free health care. What he has stated is that he wants to give amnesty and thus magically make illegal immigrants into legal immigrants. This is what Joe Wilson was commenting on during Obama’s speech before Congress. Indeed it is a lie, a sham, a manipulation of reality. Wilson’s “You lie!” was absolutely a truth.

    Well, the American people are a charitable group of people, but we cannot afford to put untold millions onto the public dole. But Obama is perfectly willing to tax the middle class to put them on the rolls. Pointedly, the liberal Democrats were given two chances to vote on an amendment that would state clearly that they would not provide free care to illegals. They voted no! Twice. “ … Death panels is just…a blatant lie.” Ah yes, we refer here to Sarah Palin’s comment about a federal panel to decide what is “proper” care for all people. Palin was spot on with her rhetorical flourish. If a panel of government workers concerned about cutting costs to provide free health care to the uninsured, make decisions on who gets care and what type of care, it is in fact, making life and death decisions.

    The American people do not wish to have government workers make life and death decisions for them. That is the sacred and personal decision to be made by individuals and family members with consultation with their own doctors. Please note that the Democrats expunged the “death panel” provision from the bill after Palin helped to shine light on this despicable plan. Thank you Sarah Palin; and no, I do not trust liberal politicians to keep this provision out of the bill.

    The American people aren’t buying the tooth fairy magic of this scheme.

    Russ Miller

    Cumberland, Maryland


  35. peterlawrence

    Please! that wasn't sexist… if she was a man and I had the opportunity, I'd say something degrading about his tiny little penis – as I have in the past in fact, I would… And in fact, if she was a man I may have made the same comment I just made. Not every comment about menstration is meant to be sexist! please don't be stupid!


  36. peterlawrence

    And same to you… Please! that wasn't sexist… if she was a man and I had the opportunity, I'd say something degrading about his tiny little penis – as I have in the past in fact, I would… And in fact, if she was a man I may have made the same comment I just made. Not every comment about menstration is meant to be sexist! please don't be stupid!


  37. peterlawrence

    ha!


  38. Kristin

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